EESE 7/1995
N. Ritterbusch: Appendix
1.1. Film-transcript: A Place in the Sun
nr. durat.sec. if camera/image description dialogue/music/sound
1 0 - 79 ELS EXT CREDITS: man, from behind, is hitch-hiking instrumental
AE at a busy road, going backwards, he is music (forte)
coming closer CHANGE
Zoom up to/(young, leather-jacket, small, suit-case,
MCU Zoom up to/dark hair)
ECU END OF CREDITS: he turns around CHANGE
2 1.19 - 5 MS Man (shot 1) from behind (in MCU in
the FG), BG: "It's an Eastman"-
billboard, he turns around horn
3 1.24 - 3 AE A cream-colored convertible is passing instrumental music
4 1.27 - 2 MS Tilt right/ Convertible from left to right, a dark-haired, -"-
young woman is driving (white top) -"-
5 1.29 - 2 AE Man (shot 1) is watching the car -"-
6 1.31 - 2 ELS The car is driving on a sustained road -"-
7 1.33 - 9 MLS A heavy-loaded old truck stops
Dissolve/ - the young man gets in -"-
1.2.Film-transcript: The Great Gatsby
nr. durat.sec. if camera/image description dialogue/music/sound
1 0.00 - 5 MLS Fade in/ EXT - CREDITS: white mansion Irving Berlin: "What'll I do
2 0.05 - 5 MLS INT Cream-colored cadillac-con-vertible
in a garage
3 0.10 -10 MLS EXT Swimming-pool plus changing -"- and cricket-chirps
cubicle house
4 0.20 -13 MLS INT Hall with piano CHANGE: song
5 0.33 -16 FS Columned hall CHANGE: Charleston-
music and laughter
6 0.49 -11 MLS Hall with four huge windows, light -"-
comes in from outside (shadows)
7 1.00 -34 CU Zoom up to/ photograph album: black-and-white
ECU pictures of a woman (in CU) CHANGE: instrumental
newspaper clip containing a picture music (piano)
8 1.34 -65 ECU zoom back/ mansion (photograph taken in MLS) instrumental music
CU tilt right down/initials on the bedspread: JG (forte-piano)
CU tilt right up/framed photograph of the woman
from shot 7 (MCU: white gloves, (forte-piano)
pearl necklace)
9 2.39 -35 MCU zoom up to/ golden dressing set: mirror instrumental music
CU tilt left/ and brushes face down (JG-initials),
tilt right up/a golden pocket watch (not
working), brown brushes, medals
a half-eaten bread, upon which
a flie is crawling, a photograph
of the woman from shot 7 (in CU)
dissolve/ END OF CREDITS
List of abbreviations:
durat. = duration
sec. = seconds
IF = image frame (ECU: extreme close-up - CU: close-up - MCU: medium close-up - MS: medium shot - AE: American shot/plan américain - FS: full shot - MLS: medium long shot - LS: long shot - ELS: extreme long shot)
EXT = exterior - INT = interior
FG = foreground - MG = middleground - BG = background
2.1. Shot-length-diagram: A Place in the Sun
2.2. Shot-length-diagram: The Great Gatsby
